Public Library / Hertzberg Circus Collection / Briscoe Western Art Museum, 1930
The former San Antonio Public Library occupies the corner of S. Presa and W. Market Streets beyond the Presa Street Bridge. Serving as the public library until 1968, this Art-Deco style building features statues of Cervantes and Shakespeare flanking the arched doorway.
A Carnegie Library preceded the existing building on a site first occupied by Alamo Iron Works. The vacated library later housed a collection of over 20,000 circus exhibits bequeathed to the library system by Harry Hertzberg. The building has been renovated into the Briscoe Western Art Museum and the Hertzberg Circus Collection has moved to the Witte Museum.
A Carnegie Library preceded the existing building on a site first occupied by Alamo Iron Works. The vacated library later housed a collection of over 20,000 circus exhibits bequeathed to the library system by Harry Hertzberg. The building has been renovated into the Briscoe Western Art Museum and the Hertzberg Circus Collection has moved to the Witte Museum.
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Public Library / Hertzberg Circus
Collection / Briscoe Western
Art Museum, 1930
350-362 River Walk St
San Antonio, TX 78205
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